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Table 1 Relevant terms for each field of research, PubMed® and signification of MeSH terms

From: Risk and asset-based strategies in health: priorities in biomedical, life and environmental science literature since the early twentieth century. A rapid review

Areas of research

PubMed® equation

Signification of MeSH term

Soils

Soil[MeSH]

Soils, clay, humic substances, permafrost, sand, peat, humus

Water

Water[MeSH] OR “Water Resources”[MeSH] OR Groundwater[Mesh] OR “Fresh Water”[Mesh] OR “Saline Waters”[Mesh]

Water, hydrogen oxide, deuterium oxide, drinking water, ice, mineral water, steam, water resources, groundwater, aquifers, lakes, ponds, rivers, seawater, oceans, seas

Air

Atmosphere[MeSH]

Air, weather, climate, atmospheric pressure, stratospheric ozone

Plants

Plants[MeSH] OR “green space”[Title] OR “green spaces”[Title]

Crops, glaucophyla, plant weeds, seedlings, trees, viridiplantae, green spaces

Animals

Animals[MeSH] NOT Humans[MeSH]

Animals, animal population groups, chordata, invertebrates

Ecosystems

Ecosystem[MeSH]

Biodiversity, biota, biomass, coral reefs, food chain, forests, rhizosphere

Humans

Humans[MeSH]

Humans